Haradhere, Somalia -- Tides of change are sweeping into eastern Somalia via the Indian Ocean.
Residents of the impoverished Gulf of Aden coastal region are combing its beaches in a desperate attempt to recover hundreds of thousands of dollars set adrift by suicidal seafaring plunderers.
For reasons not yet determined, the bodies of thieving corsairs have washed ashore, ballasted by plastic bags full of ill-gotten ransom money.
"We are unsuccessful fishermen because we feed the bait to our starving families," according to local starving man Abdulahi Dintu. "The nets, we rendered into broth."
"Today's fresh catch?" he continued. "Pounds sterling. Why would those outlaws end their own lives? They had everything."
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